Barnes & Noble Announces Special NOOK® Holiday Deal for
Monday and Tuesday, December 3-4, Only

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:
BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational
products, today announced a special savings offer on the recently
announced and critically acclaimed NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, just in time
for the holidays. On Monday, December 3, and Tuesday, December 4,
customers who purchase NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ online at www.nook.com
using a MasterCard® card will receive a free $20 Barnes &
Noble Gift Card, along with free shipping, while supplies last, see site
for details. In addition to giving the gift of the top-rated reading and
entertainment products available, shoppers can also use the Gift Card to
purchase great new eBooks, magazines and apps, or a stylish accessory
for NOOK.

With the highest resolution 7-inch display, reading and entertainment
content looks better than ever on NOOK HD. At only 11.1 ounces (315
grams) and just 5-inches wide, NOOK HD fits beautifully in the hand, and
is more than 20 percent lighter and nearly a half-inch narrower than
Kindle Fire HD, so customers will want to take it everywhere. The
world’s most exceptional 7-inch reading and entertainment tablet is
available in two colors, “Snow” and “Smoke,” starting at just $199 (8GB)
and $229 (16GB), and is now an even better value with a free $20 Barnes
& Noble Gift Card when you purchase with a MasterCard card at www.nook.com
on Monday, December 3 and Tuesday, December 4.

For those who want to enjoy reading and entertainment on a larger scale,
NOOK HD+ offers a must-see full HD 9-inch display for up to 1080p for
movies, magazines and more. The fully laminated display reduces glare
and provides excellent viewing angles, perfect for personal or shared
viewing. At only 18.2 ounces (515 grams), NOOK HD+ is the lightest full
HD tablet ever invented. Offered in the color “Slate,” and featuring
great battery life and expandable memory for even more storage, NOOK HD+
is available for $269 (16GB) and $299 (32GB), and is now an even greater
value with a free $20 Barnes & Noble Gift Card when you purchase with a
MasterCard card at www.nook.com
on Monday, December 3 and Tuesday, December 4.

For customers shopping for the perfect holiday gift this season, Barnes
& Noble offers Always Free NOOK Support in all of its neighborhood
bookstores and NOOK Digital Shops™. Barnes & Noble NOOKsellers™
across the country will be on hand to demonstrate and answer any
questions about the latest additions to the award-winning NOOK
portfolio. For more information on NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, customers can
visit www.nook.com
or visit the NOOK Digital Shops and displays in any of Barnes & Noble’s
nearly 700 bookstores nationwide.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is a Fortune 500 company and the leading
retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The company
operates 689 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the
Web’s largest e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com).
Its NOOK Media LLC subsidiary is a leader in the emerging digital
reading and digital education markets. The NOOK digital business offers
award-winning NOOK® products and an expansive collection of digital
reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store™ (www.nook.com),
while Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC operates 674 bookstores
serving over 4.6 million students and faculty members at colleges and
universities across the United States. Barnes & Noble is proud to be
named a J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Customer Service Champion and is
only one of 50 U.S. companies so named. Barnes & Noble.com is ranked the
number one online retailer in customer satisfaction in the book, music
and video category and a Top 10 online retailer overall in customer
satisfaction according to ForeSee E-Retail Satisfaction Index (Spring
Top 100 Edition).

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the
Internet by visiting the company's corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

NOOK®, NOOK Store™, NOOK Video™, NOOK
Video Apps™ are trademarks of Barnes & Noble, Inc. Other
trademarks referenced in this release are the property of their
respective owners.

NOOK reading and entertainment products make it easy to read what you
love, anywhere you like™ with a fun, easy-to-use and
immersive digital reading experience. With NOOK, customers gain access
to the expansive NOOK Store™ of more than 3 million digital
books, plus periodicals, comics, apps, movies and TV shows, and the
ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through
free NOOK Reading Apps™ and NOOK Video apps, available at www.nook.com/freenookapps.
NOOK owners receive Always Free NOOK Support in any of Barnes & Noble’s
nearly 700 bookstores. Find NOOK devices in Barnes & Noble stores and
online at www.nook.com,
as well as leading retailers including Best Buy, Walmart, Target and
many others. NOOK products are available in the United Kingdom through www.nook.co.uk and leading
retailers.